la última vez que estuve en Romathe last time I was in Rome;Madrid está en el centro de EspañaMadrid is in the centre of Spain;el monumento está en la plazathe monument is in the square;eso no está en sus declaracionesthat's not in any of his statements;—las tijeras están en el cajón —no, aquí no están"the scissors are in the drawer" — "no, they're not in here";—hola, ¿está Carmen? —no, no está"hello, is Carmen in?" — "no, I'm afraid she isn't";el día que estuve a verlothe day I went to see him

la radio está rotathe radio is broken;para las seis estará terminadoit will be finished by six o'clock;estaba sentada en la arenashe was sitting on the sand;está (embarazada) de dos mesesshe's two months pregnant;él no estaba implicadohe wasn't involved;le está bien empleado por ingenuoit serves him right for being so naïve

estamos a 8 de junioit is 8 June or the 8th of June;today is 8 June o the 8th of June;estábamos a 40°Cit was 40°C;¿a cuántos estamos?what's the date?

en Soria están a 5 bajo cero

¿a cuánto estamos de Madrid?how far are we from Madrid?;las uvas están a 1,60 eurosthe grapes are one euro 60 cents;¿a cuánto está el kilo de naranjas?how much are oranges per kilo?;estoy a lo que se decida en la reuniónI'm waiting to see what's decided at the meeting;estar a lo que resulteto be waiting to see how things turn out

estar con

está con la gripehe's down with flu;he's got the flu;estuvo con la enfermedad durante dos añosshe had o suffered from the disease for two years;ya está otra vez con el mismo temahe's harping on about the same old subject again;ya estoy con ganas de irI want to go now;estoy con ganas de pegarleI feel like hitting him

está de buen humorhe's in a good mood;están de charlathey're having a chat;está de camarerohe's working as a waiter;está de jefe temporalmentehe is acting as boss;he is the acting boss;está de lutoshe's in mourning;¡estoy de nervioso!I'm so nervous!;están de paseothey've gone for a walk;estaba de uniformehe was (dressed) in uniform;están de vacacionesthey are on holiday

estar de viaje

está de viaje en este momentohe's away at the moment

estar en

en eso está el problemathat's (exactly) where the problem is;el problema está en que ...the problem lies in the fact that ...;en ello estamoswe're working on it;no está en él hacerloit is not in his power to do it

la historia de ese hallazgo está por escribirthe story of that discovery is still to be written o has yet to be written;está por ver si es verdad lo que dijeronit remains to be seen whether what they said is true;está todavía por hacerit remains to be done;it is still to be done;yo estoy por dejarloI'm for leaving it;I'm in favour of leaving it;está por llover(Latinoamérica)it's going to rain

hay que estar mucho sobre él para que estudieyou have to keep on at him to make sure he studies;hay que estar sobre el arroz para que no se pegueyou need to keep a close eye on the rice to make sure it doesn't stick to the pan;estar sobre síto be in control of o.s.

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